Population bulletin: The effect of educational attainment on adult mortality in the United States

Population Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-20

  Hummer, Robert A ^a   Hernandez, Elaine M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884156471     PISSN: 0032468X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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